About Us

An echo is defined as a sound or series of sounds caused by the reflection of sound waves from a surface back to the listener, or as a close parallel or repetition of an idea, feeling, style, or event. Sometimes in our lives, we are blessed to be associated with someone or something that transcends everything—something that cannot necessarily be described in words, but everyone recognizes when they feel, see, or hear it.

Isaac was a son, a brother, a friend, a teacher, and a healer. He could bring peace to others with his mere presence, exuding love, patience, compassion, and calmness. Isaac did all of this without ever speaking a word. His very aura spoke loudly and touched anyone who was fortunate enough to share a moment with him.

Because he communicated not with words but with feeling, his presence radiated waves of love and positivity that reflected onto those around him. His love was an idea, a feeling, an event that was shared by all. Without ever uttering a single word, his echo was loud and clear, inviting others to join him and ensuring that all voices could—and would—be heard.

Although Isaac is no longer physically with us, his voice—and the countless voices that joined him—live on.

Isaac's Echo was born out of our family's love for the community that held us up through the hardest season of our lives. When we struggled the most, we had the support of countless family members in the community of the medically complex—starting with doctors, nurses, aides, and therapists in the hospital when Isaac was first ill, and continuing with the nurses and therapists who lovingly arrived at our home to provide hours of devoted care and therapy.

Friends and family assisted us in countless ways: meals, laundry, cleaning, moral support, and so much more. Patient and seemingly tireless teachers, paras, church congregations, athletes, and volunteers graced us with their enormous capacity for compassion. All of you are too numerous to count.

We believe in “paying it forward.” We have been immeasurably blessed, and we can only hope to bless others in even a fraction of the way we have been blessed. Isaac's Echo is our thundering THANK YOU!!!!

We feel the echo of all this love and care in our hearts every day, and we hope you will join us in continuing to pass it along by providing much-needed resources to those who need them most. Your donations of time, resources, and money will help ensure that others feel the same love and support we have felt all these years.

With resounding love,
The Phillips Family

About the Phillips

Eric Phillips is a lifelong member of the Loveland community. He grew up in Loveland, graduated from Loveland High School, and eventually earned his degree from CSU. He is well known and has touched the lives of many neighbors, classmates, family members, and friends within the community.

Jeanie grew up in Fort Collins and graduated from Fort Collins High School. Though she spent time away from Northern Colorado, she was continually drawn back and finally settled in the area in 2005.

The Phillips met in downtown Fort Collins in 2010. They blended their family in 2011 in front of more than 300 family members and friends. They raised their children together in Wellington and Loveland and now reside as empty nesters in Severance, where they enjoy visits from their grown children and the much-anticipated weekly visits from their twin grandsons.

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